About Us
The Small Business Development Center
Our program is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive small business assistance network in the United States and its territories.
This nationwide program has been in existence for almost 40 years. The program is designed to assist small businesses as they create jobs and provide new innovations for improving our economy and lifestyle. The assistance includes financial management, helping to access capital through business plan development, regulation advice, marketing, management and preparing for changes in the economy and technology.
The Northwest Texas SBDC program extends to over a 95-county area with six centers to serve the location near you. Your local center is available to provide no-cost business consulting and low-cost training to new and existing businesses. Small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs can go to their local SBDCs for FREE face-to-face business confidential advising and at-cost training on a variety of topics. It is as simple as a phone call to make an appointment.
The Northwest Texas SBDC group is hosted by leading universities and funded in part by the State of Texas and the United States Congress through a partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Learn more about how SBDCs help your businesses start, grow, and thrive.
Northwest Texas SBDC State Office Team
Meet our talented Northwest Texas SBDC State Office Team, who is dedicated to supporting the growth and success of small businesses throughout Northwest Texas.
Carla Holland
State Director - NWTSBDC
Randy Burch
Associate State Director - NWTSBDC
Walter Lambert
Assistant State Director
Marina Garcia
Business Manager
Advisory Board Members Officers
Patrick S. Canty
President
Publisher, Odessa American
Casjen Rico
Vice-President
Vice President - SBA Lending, First Financial Bank
Tony Freeman
Secretary
Former GM of CENVEO Printing
Werner G. Kuhr PH.D.
Permanent Member
Associate Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Texas Tech University’s Office of Research and Innovation
Carla Holland
Permanent Member
SBDC State Director - NWTSBDC
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Texas Tech University
Dr. Werner G. Kuhr
Associate Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Texas Tech University’s Office of Research and Innovation
Carla Holland
Executive Director
Texas Tech University’s SBDC at Lubbock
Mike L. Phelps
Executive Vice President Peoples Bank
Vaugn Bray
Soda Shack, Owner
Texas Tech University’s SBDC at Abilene
TBA
Casjen Rico
First Financial Bank Abilene AVP
University of Texas Permian Basin
Patrick S. Canty
Odessa American Publisher
Dr. Wayne Counts
Associate Professor COBA/UTPB
West Texas A&M University
Tony Freeman
Former GM, and Sales Manager of Cenveo
Dr. Holly Jeffreys
DNP APRN FNP-BC, Family Care Clinic
Midwestern State University
Austin Daniel
Electra City Commissioner, P13
Roy Davoult
Owner Boulder Designs/Border Magic
Tarleton State University
Dr. Brett Powell
CFO – Tarleton State University
Ray Tipton
Executive Director, Brownwood Economic, Development and Tourism